Design of POLCA material control systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1455-1477

  Riezebos, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Material control system; MTO; POLCA; Pull

Indexed keywords

CONTROL LOOP; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MAKE TO ORDER; MATERIAL CONTROL; NETHERLANDS; SHOP FLOOR; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; THROUGHPUT TIME; WORK IN PROGRESS;

CONTROL THEORY; FLOORS; THROUGHPUT;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 74549196960     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802570677     Document Type: Article

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